LV 107 / WAL 529

lightship Winter Quarter

- active lightship from 1924 until 1968 -


 

Ship data

Length o.a.: 132,4 feet (40,35 m)
Beam: 30 feet (9,15 m)
Draft: 14,7 feet (4,50 m)
Displacement: 775 t
 

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath (ME)

Year of construction: 1923

Contact price: 200,000 $

Material: steel hull, steel pilot house and deck houses, 2 masts with lantern galleries; smokestack amidships
Sister vessels: LV 106, LV 108, LV 109, LV 110, LV 111
 
Engine: Steam - compound reciprocating engine, 400 IHP; 2 oil fired Scotch marine boilers, 120 psi; 4 bladed propeller
Speed: 9 knots

Illumination: 375mm electric lens lantern at each masthead

Fog signal: 12" steam chime whistle, submarine bell, hand operated bell
Radio and visual call sign: NMGV (1940-1965)

History:

02.02.1924 delivered

1924-1933 Cape Lookout Shoals (NC)

1934-1942 Winter Quarter Shoal (VA)

1942-1945 during WWII withdrawn from station and assigned to 5th District stationed at Portsmouth (VA) as examination vessel

1945-1960 Winter Quarter Shoal (VA)

1960-1965 Delaware (DE)

1965-1968 Relief Third District (based at Cape May NJ)

15.04.1968 decommissioned, commanding officer Gary Day

21.11.1968 transferred to Hampton (VA) as museum

1980 hulk said to have been seen at Hampton

1984-1988 reported to be at North American Metals, shipbreakers yard at Pordentown NJ

Today Liberty Landing is located on the north end of Liberty State Park in the Morris Canal Basin, north of the Statue of Liberty. It is used as floating office space.


Visitor address:
80 Audrey Zapp Dr.
Liberty Landing Marina
Liberty State Park
Jersey City, NJ 07304
USA

 

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